Deloitte opens entries for its 2018 UK Technology Fast 50 awards

The Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 awards recognise and rank the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK, entries for this year’s awards are now open.

Nominations are now open entries for the 21st Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 awards. The awards rank and recognise the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK, based on the last four years of revenue growth.

The awards have showcased an increasingly diverse and compelling range of UK-based technology companies over the past two decades, celebrating the fast growth and innovation of the start-up sector. Last year’s Fast 50 winners generated cumulative revenues of £960m in 2016/17, and employed more than 9,000 people in the UK, including 1,800 in research and development alone.

Duncan Down, lead partner for the Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 programme is optimistic about this year’s awards: “Without question, the UK technology start-up scene is in rude health. This year’s awards will seek to capture the landscape during what is such an exciting and dynamic period for the UK technology sector.

“These awards have celebrated one thousand aspirational and influential new companies in the past two decades. This year we look forward once again to showcasing the breadth of innovative and talented companies who will participate in the 2018 awards, and wish them all good luck in the competition.”

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